The Neonatal Withdrawal Assessment Tool (NWAT): pilot inter-rater reliability and content validity.

Gonca BektasTaylor SoderborgCheryl SlaterJoel AgarwalMichelle RacioppiTrystan HoganMartha M WerlerElisha M Wachman

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2023)

The NWAT demonstrated high IRR and content validity for assessment of iatrogenic opioid withdrawal in preterm infants in this pilot study. Further studies in a larger more diverse patient population are needed before wider adoption into clinical practice.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
clinical practice
low birth weight
chronic pain
case report
pain management
case control
clinical trial